Category: Linux
Bifferboard powered weather station
So, I’ve been busy hacking bits and bobs together. End result is a VPN endpoint with a weather station attached to it. Win! http://lodge.glasgownet.com/tech/remote-bifferboard-powered-weather-station/
Read MoreChecking time over SNMP
Not content with watching clocks drift on servers, I thought it might be prudent to keep an eye on such things. We already monitor our NTP server drift with Nagios, so why not extend it to all of our Linux servers? The only catch here is that not all servers […]
Read MoreNagios and SNMP Storage Checks
Not content with ruining my life with Nagios, a while back I thought it would be wise to keep an eye on disk usage with Nagios. Admittedly most of this is documented in the documentation at http://nagios.manubulon.com/snmp_storage.html but I thought one thing should be highlighted – the ability to exclude […]
Read MoreNetworking Serial Ports
i have a variety of gear that I attach to my server in order to monitor and control the home. As is the fashion these days, it’s a USB device that has a serial port on the end of it. However as the home control software runs on a virtual […]
Read MoreAutomating HP Server Startup
It may not be much, but I stuck together a small article about how to remotely automate the startup of HP servers. We did this ages, and only now have I gotten around to tidying up the notes! Over here
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